Weeks after he was arrested in a Items and Companies Tax (GST) fraud case, the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Department (DCB) on Tuesday filed one other case towards Gujarat-based senior journalist Mahesh Langa for allegedly dishonest a businessman of Rs 28.68 lakh. That is the fourth case involving Langa, a senior assistant editor at The Hindu, linked to the alleged GST rip-off to the tune of a number of crores.
Addressing a press convention on Tuesday, Ahmedabad Metropolis Police Commissioner Gyanender Singh Malik mentioned that his personnel “have carried out the investigation in knowledgeable method”. His remarks got here on the first such press briefing for the reason that alleged fraud was busted earlier this month adopted by Langa’s arrest.
Seventeen folks have been arrested within the case up to now, mentioned Malik. “There are feedback on X questioning the actions of the police. That’s completely improper. The Crime Department is dealing with this case very professionally,” he mentioned.
The registration of an FIR towards Langa for the alleged possession of confidential paperwork linked to Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) has drawn criticism from varied media our bodies. The case was filed after the paperwork had been allegedly seized from Langa’s dwelling by the Ahmedabad Crime Department.
At Tuesday’s press briefing, Malik dissociated the Ahmedabad Metropolis Police from the GMB paperwork case, stating that each, in his remarks, in addition to in a press observe circulated later, it was highlighted that the GMB case was completely beneath the purview of the Gandhinagar Police and that the Ahmedabad Metropolis Police “are usually not privy” to the investigation within the case.
Amid recent claims towards Langa by police, together with these associated to his way of life and alleged benami transactions, The Indian Categorical reached out to Langa’s legal professionals who declined to remark. Nevertheless, they mentioned they’d problem an announcement on Wednesday.
